The Bound Between Us

Chapter 428

Katie described, “He’s around thirty, about 180 centimeters in height, medium build, with blond curly hair. I’ve seen him several times, even at night.”

At this, Anastasia’s alarm bells went off. “Katie, why didn’t you say something before? When did you start seeing him?”

“I didn’t think much of it at first, so I forgot to mention it,” Katie recalled. “I think it was about a month ago. I saw him climbing out of our backyard. I thought he was a burglar, so I confronted him. He said he dropped something in our yard and was retrieving it. I didn’t suspect anything at the time. But last night, I saw him lurking around our front door again.”

“Let’s check the surveillance footage,” Anastasia suggested quickly.

They hadn’t lost anything from the house recently, so it didn’t seem like burglary.

Salma admitted, “I’ve never seen him.” If it hadn’t been for Katie’s disclosure, Anastasia would have been completely unaware.

Anastasia pulled up the surveillance footage and searched for the time Katie mentioned. Sure enough, the footage showed a man skulking around their front door.

The man was wearing a hat and a mask. He climbed into the yard around nine o’clock the previous evening, sat on the porch steps for a while, and then climbed back out.

“Not a burglar?” Anastasia was puzzled. He climbed in but didn’t steal anything. What was he doing? To be precise, the man did nothing that could be seen on the video.

Salma noted, “I was home at that time last night. I was in the art studio with Pattie, helping her paint.”

turned to Salma, “Mom, did you

head. “Not a

I only saw him climb out of the yard once, and he

in thought. “Who is this man?” She didn’t recognize him. She watched the

tell Herman about the intruder. This was not a trivial

this man lurking around our house about a month ago.” They

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at school, was on his way

flimsy excuse. Herman had held his tongue, not wanting

message, he frowned and handed the

man

Salstrom Manor.

had felt uneasy. She had made a mess of things. Julie had ended up in bed with Joseph. Julie was supposed to be interested in Herman. Now Grannie Anita was worried about what

to leave the house. Seeing his mother

lost

voice. “Son, you scared me

“Mom,

are you going to acknowledge Joseph? It’s pitiful. He’s lost his mother, and he’s a Salstrom. He shouldn’t be left out in